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LARGE DISPLAY CASE WITH FINE DAGUERREOTYPES, ANSON

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The unusual case opens to reveal a 1/2 plate ambrotype of three sisters in the center. In the left panel there are two 1/6 plate daguerreotypes. One is a lovely image of a mother holding a tiny baby. (There is dust on the underside of the glass.) Below that is a 1/6 plate daguerreotype of a woman, by Anson. Possibly she is the mother of the first image. The right panel has, on top, a superb 1/6 plate by Anson, a close portrait of a girl in ringlets, with bows on her dress tinted red. Beneath is another 1/6 plate in a stippled octagonal mat, of a woman in a bonnet holding a case. This again could be the mother.

All the images are sealed into the velvet-covered surface. The back of the case has a “stand” that lets the frame stand open to reveal all the plates. This is a splendid object with fine images. I would rate three of them [4], the others [3+]. The leather on the case cover is cracked—this would be at the back if the case were standing upright and open.

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